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Re:Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access in... by dahfizz on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:43PM (#23993937)
I am seriously struggling to see why I need to feel better or worse about this situation in the first place.

How is this different than every other brick and mortar store that offers store brand items? This is a practice society has been completely happy with for decades.

Re:Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access in... by raisedbyninjas on Thursday July 30, 2020 @02:31AM (#23995283)
Amazon's third party seller fees aren't trivial even for their FBM service. Amazon labels don't incur this cost just like B&M retailers don't have to pay slotting fees to to get their products on their own shelves. However other retailers charge this fee because shelf space is a scarce resource. Amazon doesn't lose this revenue when adding their items to the product listing.

Amazon also has 50% of e-commerce marketshare and nearly double Walmart's share of all retail sales.